Saboteurs blow up Iraqi oil pipeline

Saboteurs blew up an oil pipeline south of Baghdad today, causing a huge fire.

The attack was near the Musabayb electricity station in the Bahbahan area some 46 miles south of Baghdad.

Explosives were used to destroy the pipeline linking the southern cities of Karbala and Hilla.

A huge blaze broke out after the blast sending up thick, black billowing smoke.

Insurgents have regularly targeted Iraq’s oil infrastructure, repeatedly cutting exports and denying the country much-needed reconstruction money.